programmed DNA elimination by elimination of internal DNA segments
Term Information
Accession
GO:0140763
Name
programmed DNA elimination by elimination of internal DNA segments
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A programmed DNA elimination mechanism in which specific sequences, namely, internal eliminated sequences (IES) and breakage eliminated sequences (BES) are removed from the genome. This process is known to occur in ciliates.
Source:PMID:18708581